LASIGE researchers Wellington Oliveira, José Cecílio, and Alan Oliveira have successfully obtained funding for their initiative, MOSA. This project was chosen for funding through the FCT’s PEX exploratory call.

MOSA (Mobile Optimization on Security through Algorithmic Improvement) aims to solve the tension between mobile security, device performance, and energy consumption. Recognizing that current protection mechanisms often use a significant amount of resources and lack transparency, the project aims to tackle these problems by employing a combination of evolutionary computation, multi-objective optimization, and machine learning. The objective is to improve upon security algorithms to maintain robust protection while significantly reducing CPU load, memory usage, and energy usage.

To ensure applicability beyond controlled environments, the optimized solutions will be tested in real-world applications drawn from platforms such as F-Droid, GitHub, and iOS repositories. The initiative focuses on two primary challenges: designing AI-optimized security algorithms that predict and minimize resource usage footprints, and developing benchmarks that connect vulnerabilities to resource costs. For this initiative, LASIGE’s team is partnered with the Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra (CISUC).